KEYNOTE PRESENTATIONS:

“Your beautiful performance and songs brought alive the importance and magnitude of what friendship and personal caring attention can do for the elderly, as well as capturing the heartsong of our organization’s mission and purpose”

--Judith Merrin, Executive Director, Love is the Answer (LITA)

 

Founding Director Judith-Kate Friedman offers keynote presentations for conferences, civic meetings, and community events and celebrations. Her energetic lecture/demonstrations combine songs from Songwriting Works™ and/or Psalms, Songs and Stories® participants with research findings, real-life success stories about creativity and aging, and the nuts and bolts of bridging diverse generational and cultural divides through song. Film clips, slideshows and/or Q&A can be included.

 

Topics:

• Songwriting Works™: Enhancing Life, Giving Voice to Community
• Music, Creativity, and Mental Fitness in Aging
• Using Music to Reach Out to People with Dementia
• Uniting Caregivers and Clients through Song
• The Power of Intergenerational Songwriting
• Songwriting as Service – New Paths for Professional Musicians
• How Singing Heals

 

With humor and sensitivity, Judith-Kate Friedman demonstrates the improved ‘quality of life’ that comes when individuals and their communities start making their own original music together. A portion of presentation fees are donated to Songwriting Works. For more information see workshops and trainings or contact:Judith-Kate Friedman at Songwriting Works.

Videos Coming Soon

Finale Song – Let the Fire Fall! ASA/NCOA Opening Conference Session Coming soon!